Students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) have been paying tribute to year 9 pupil Ryan Abrahams, who passed away last Tuesday. Ryan, who was born with a rare muscular disorder and relied on a motorized wheelchair to get around, was active in a number of sports (including wheelchair football and table top cricket) and was awarded the South Gloucestershire
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Prospective students give views on sixth form policies
Prospective students of Bradley Stoke’s new post-16 (sixth form) centre have aired their views on policies they would like to see enforced when the facility opens in September. Feedback from a ‘post-16 consultation exercise’ conducted amongst year 11 students and staff at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) outlines opinions on: dress code rules for the centre’s social area attendance regulations
Continue readingSecondary school rated “outstanding” by Ofsted inspectors
Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has been classed as “outstanding” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school three weeks ago. The inspectors’ report praises the high standard of leadership and teaching at the school and says that pupils’ achievements are above average: This is an outstanding school. Its real strength lies in its inclusive and welcoming ethos. The headteacher has
Continue readingBSCS awaits Ofsted inspection report
Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) was the subject of an Ofsted inspection last week and is currently awaiting the official report. Headmaster Dave Baker has told parents that: “the overall outcome was as positive as it could have been, which will validate what we have been doing”. The inspectors are said to have been very complimentary about the students and
Continue readingComplaints about behaviour of BSCS students at the Willow Brook Centre
The headteacher of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), Dave Baker, has revealed that he has received a number of complaints about the behaviour of BSCS students at the Willow Brook shopping centre. Tesco has reportedly threatened to ban all students wearing school uniform from its store at the centre. Parents and carers have been asked to discuss the situation with
Continue readingProspective sixth form students polled over course choices
Students looking to embark upon courses at Bradley Stoke Community School’s (BSCS) new sixth form, due to open in September next year, have been asked to indicate their likely subject choices. Questionnaires distributed at last week’s post-16 open evening were due to be handed in today, to help the school plan the range of courses to be offered. A provisional
Continue readingOpen evening to advise on post-16 education
Bradley Stoke Community School is to hold a ‘post-16 open evening’ this week to inform parents and carers of the courses that it plans to offer at the school’s new sixth form centre. Pupils currently in year 11 (the school’s first intake) will be eligible to continue their studies at the new centre when it opens its doors in September
Continue readingTurf cutting ceremony marks start of sixth form centre construction
A turf cutting ceremony has been held to mark the start of work on the new sixth form (post-16) centre at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS). The £4.6 million project, which also includes a dance studio and additional changing rooms at the Fiddlers Wood Lane site, is being funded by a grant from the Learning and Skills Council. The ceremony
Continue readingConstruction of BSCS sixth form centre gets underway
Construction of the new post-16 (sixth form) centre at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) is now underway, with completion expected by May next year. Contractors Thomas Vale Construction moved onto the site just days after the school term finished at the end of July and they have now fenced off an area at the southern end of the existing school
Continue readingCommunity meeting to hear latest on post-16 provision at BSCS
A public meeting of the Bradley Stoke Safer & Stronger Community Group (SSCG) on Tuesday evening (21st July) will hear the latest news on the town’s planned sixth form development. Planning permission for the scheme, which also includes a dance studio and additional changing rooms, was granted by South Gloucestershire Council in September 2008. That opened the way for an
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